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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A separate section of a larger composition.
Movement
Polyphony
Rubato
Slide
2. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Motif
Homophony
Orchestra
Phrase
3. A separate section of a larger composition.
Form
Whole note
Movement
Chant
4. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
A cappella
Energico
Triplet
Phrase
5. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Cantabile
Finale
System
Tuning
6. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Stretto
Capriccio
Orchestra
Chorus
7. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Minor
Cadence
Tablature
Expressionism
8. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Nocturne
Accelerando
Piano
Instrumentation
9. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Baroque
Grazioso
Tonality
Sonata
10. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Ornaments
Cadenza
Deceptive cadence
Encore
11. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Notation
Tuning
Tutti
March
12. A direction to play expressively.
Adagio
Espressivo
Quadrille
Chord
13. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Rondo
Chord
Romantic
Partita
14. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Tone
Opus
March
Polytonality
15. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Gregorian Chant
Minuet
Chorus
Dynamics
16. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Adagio
Development
Quadrille
Opus
17. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Fifth
Nonet
Legato
Oratorio
18. The movement of chords in succession.
Symphony
Natural
Beat
Progression
19. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Expressionism
Expressionism
Parody
20. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Tuning
Madrigal
Triad
Waltz
21. A direction to play lively and fast.
Sharp
Fugue
Forte
Allegro
22. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Tritone
Oratorio
Tuning
System
23. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Flat
Tremolo
Staff
Pastoral
24. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Elegy
Form
Scale
Minuet
25. The unit of musical rhythm.
Accessible
Progression
Beat
Fifth
26. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Slide
Staccato
Vivace
Scale
27. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Intermezzo
Consonance
Beat
28. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Galliard
Vibrato
Chorale
Slur
29. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Pastoral
Gregorian Chant
Fugue
Whole note
30. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Orchestra
Whole-tone scale
Song cycle
Madrigal
31. A direction to play lively and fast.
Song cycle
Allegro
Pitch
Stretto
32. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Portamento
Classicism
Finale
33. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Dynamics
Opera
Baroque
34. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Time Signature
Sonatina
Fifth
35. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Form
Polyphony
Resonance
Orchestration
36. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Opera
Suite
Rococo
Tone
37. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Rococo
Form
Twelve-tone music
38. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Grazioso
Minor
Tonal
39. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Rhythm
Da Capo
Etude
Minuet
40. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Ornaments
Portamento
Clef
Interlude
41. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Movement
Coda
Opus
Scale
42. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Espressivo
Obbligato
Oratorio
Twelve-tone music
43. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Tritone
Chord
Intermezzo
Canon
44. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Quartet
Tone less
Round
Encore
45. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Operetta
Requiem
Major
Expressionism
46. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Galliard
Chromatic scale
Allegro
Interval
47. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Glissando
Slur
Interlude
Chord
48. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Rondo
Virtuoso
Scale
Tone less
49. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
String Quartet
Tonal
String Quartet
Fourth
50. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Musette
Relative pitch
Fugue
Trio